Sunrisers Hyderabad will take on table-toppers Punjab Kings in the 49th match of the ongoing IPL 2026 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad on Wednesday. Both of these teams had lost their previous match and would want to return to winning ways at this crucial stage of the tournament.

Runs are expected to come in plenty as these two aggressive batting units will look to show their supremacy. The Hyderabad pitch has been a paradise for the batters and it is expected to be a high-scoring contest. Both Hyderabad and Punjab would want to come up with a collective effort.

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PBKS all-rounder Marcus Stoinis needs five wickets to complete 50 scalps in the IPL.

Prabhsimran Singh needs a dozen sixes to complete 100 maximums in the IPL.

Shashank Singh needs three sixes to complete 50 maximums in the IPL.

SRH opener Travis Head needs 31 runs to complete 1500 runs in the IPL.

Heinrich Klaasen needs 95 runs to complete 2000 runs in the IPL.

Punjab Kings Squad: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh(w), Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer(c), Marcus Stoinis, Suryansh Shedge, Nehal Wadhera, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Harpreet Brar, Vishnu Vinod, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Musheer Khan, Mitchell Owen, Ben Dwarshuis, Praveen Dubey, Lockie Ferguson, Shashank Singh, Yash Thakur, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harnoor Singh, Pyla Avinash, Vishal Nishad

Sunrisers Hyderabad Squad: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan(w), Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora, Aniket Verma, Smaran Ravichandran, Pat Cummins(c), Shivang Kumar, Harshal Patel, Eshan Malinga, Praful Hinge, Harsh Dubey, Liam Livingstone, Sakib Hussain, Zeeshan Ansari, Jaydev Unadkat, Kamindu Mendis, Gerald Coetzee, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Dilshan Madushanka, Krains Fuletra, Onkar Tarmale, RS Ambrish, Amit Kumar